Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-01-13
IDDESLEIGH'S DEATH.
A TORY LEADER SUDDENLY STRICKEN
DOWN WHILE
Attending q Conference At the Residence Of Lord
Salsbary-An Interesting Sketch Of the Dead
Lords Carser-PrspeS Of the Ger
man Army Bill Poor.

LONDON, January 12-Lord lddesleigh,
who recently resigned the Ministry Of For
eign Affairs, died suddenly to-day. At this
hour (l:S0 p m but few particulars are
known regarding his death; il has been
learned, however, that he was taken i'll this
afternoon while in conference with Lord
Salisbury, and that death ensued shortly
after.
LATER PARTICULARS OF HIS DEATH
5 p. Mt has now been ascertained
that Lord Iddesleigh was not taken with
his fatal illness while engaged in conver-
sation with Lord salisbury, but that he
tainted while ascending the stairs Of Lord
Sslisbury's official residence in Downing
street rs he was about to visit his Lori-
ship. He was taken into the Prime Min
istsr's room and almost instantly expired.
.RIo0RA1HlcAL sEErcH,
Lord Iddesleigh was the Oldest son Of
Henry Stafford Northcote. He was born
in London October q, isis, was educated
at Balliol College, Oxford, taking a first
class in classics and third in mathema-
tics. He was called to the bar ut the In
ncr Temple in lSi7, was made &. B.
(civil division) in 1851 in recognition Of
his services as one Of the Secretaries for
the Industrial Exhibition, and Deputy
Lieutenant for the county. lie was return
ed member for Dudley in the Conserva-
tive interest in March, 1855; was an un-
successful candidate for North Devon in
March, 1857; WAS returned for Stamford in
July ls5S; and continued one of the rep
resentatiyes of that borough till May,
1865. when he was elected for North
Devon. AZ Sir Stafford Northcotc, Lord
Iddesleigh was well known for the interest
he has taken in art and education. lie
was private secretary to Mr.. Gladstone
when the latter was President of the
Board of Trade, and WAS Financial
Secretary to the Treasury from January
TO June, 1889. He was appointed
President OF the Board Of
Trade in Lord Derby's third administration
in June, ls66 and was Secretary of State
Tor India from March :, ls61, till Dccem-
ber, 1865. lie published Twenty Years
of Financial Policy, lsl2-Gl, In ls62. He
was elected Governor of the liudsons BAY
Company, January ~, ls69; presided over
the Congress of the Social Science Associa-
ton held at Bristol the same year; and was
appointed q commissioner to inquire into
the law relating to Friendly Societies,
November y, $50. More recently he
WAS member ct the Joint High
Commission, whose labors resulted In the
Treaty of Washington in ISL When Mr.,
Disraeli formed his Cabinet in February
1874, Sir Stafford Northcote became Chan
ccllor OF the ESchcqucr. lie was elected
Fellow of the Royal Society in April,
1873.
The Earl Of Id,lcsleigh took office under
Lord Salisbury as Secretary of State for
Foreign A fairs upon the recent downfall
of the Gladstone ministry, and retired from
that Office few days ago, on the rcorgan
ization of the Cabinet consequent upon the
resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill ~
Chancellor of the ESchequer.
MS RETIREMENT FROM OFFICE.
AZ the time of his retirement lord
Iddcslcigh denied that the condition Of his
onerous Office, and he Withdrew from Of
fetal life under a strong sense Of having
been ill-treated. His personal friends cr-
planned that he proiiered his resignation
only 10 form coalition Cabinet. When
the Prime Minister'S efforts in that direc-
ton failed Lord Iddcslcigh considered
himself entitled t0 hold the leading
portfolio. His s0n, Lord 81. Cyrcs, In .
letter cOntradictcd the stories about the
Earl's alleged i'll health, and said that his
fathers family, friends and medical nd
viscrs cOncurrcd in the opinion that the
duties Of the Foreign Office had a very ben
cfiCial effect upon the Earl's health, and
that he was stronger than at any time since
lddcslcgh's sudden death to-day IL
looked upon ~ confirmation Of
the rumors concerning his i'll health.
APrie.t Chained to IN. of stones.
DUBLIN, January l2.-At Ro-smanagcr,
County Limerick, yesterday, a landlord
named Desteue attempted 10 eyic, ten
ant named Frost, who owed him more
than E7OO for rent. The police, followed
by large crowd Of people, upon arriving
at FroSt's house, found IL barricaded, and
outside the front entrance huge pile Of
stones. In front Of this pile aud securely
bound 10 il by chains was Father Little,
the parish priest The police surveyed
the scene aud found that the priest hsd
been chained in such a manner that en-
trance to the house could not be forced
without disturbing him. This they were
disposed TO do, but the crowd threatened
to assault the police If they laid hands on
the priest, and finally became 10 demon